Understanding Self
Understanding Majors and Careers
Entering Career
Career Development Center (CDC)
Miscellaneous
100
Knowledge of self, knowledge of career options, set objectives & test possibilities, and making a decision are steps to this model.
What is the Pearson's 1909 Career Exploration Model?
100
120 hours.
What is the minimum amount of credit hours required to obtain a Bachelors degree?
100
A specific message written to a potential employer telling why you are qualified for a position.
What is a cover letter?
100
LC 409.
What is the location of the Career Development Center?
100
Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time sensitive are the requirements for this type of goal.
What is a SMART goal?
200
A person's principles/standards of behavior or one's judgement of what's important in life.
What is a value?
200
O*Net, Utah Futures, and Occupational Outlook Handbook.
What are examples of resources to explore careers?
200
A list of your previous experiences and accomplishments, education, and skills.
What is a Resume?
200
The CDC's Career lab (hours).
What is open from 9:00am-4:00pm, Monday-Friday?
200
Communication, creativity, critical thinking, leadership,life management, research/project management, social responsibility, teamwork, and technical/scientific skills
What are the top 9 skills employers look for in candidates?
300
A personality/career assessment with the abbreviated name MBTI.
What is the Myers Briggs Type Indicator?
300
A degree awarded to someone who has completed coursework in a Liberal Arts field and completed the required language classes.
What is a Bachelors of Art?
300
Using action words to describe current and past work experiences and skills.
What is an important aspect when writing a resume?
300
Under this tab is where I can find the CDC's job search engines.
What is the Student tab of the CDC?
300
The significance of the right shoulder (in situations where you are meeting many new people *hint*).
Where does one put a name tag?
400
Preparing questions in advance, researching specific companies in advance, and dressing appropriately.
What are beneficial ways to prepare for a job fair?
400
Decided, Undecided, and Indecisive.
What are the three types of decision makers?
400
Adding to your list of professional contacts to help you strengthen your individual structure.
What is the importance of networking?
400
The internship coordinator for the School of the Arts.
Who is Christina Ruth?
400
A short (1 min or less) speech about yourself, that you would share during a networking opportunity.
What is an elevator speech?
500
This psychologist's work was the basis for the SII (Strong Interest Inventory).
Who was John Holland?
500
-Researching a career field/individual -Identify people to interview -Prepare questions -Initiate contact -Conduct -Follow-up
What are steps to conducting a successful informational interview?
500
This activity can help you know if you want to pursue work in a specific field, while giving you beneficial work experience.
What is an internship?
500
These are the CDC's 3 most well known student resources (tabs *hint*).
What are the National Student Exchange, the CareerPassport Program, and Internship services?
500
Situation, Task, Action, and Results are the steps in this interview strategy.
What are the steps in a STAR story?